Storm-top.



PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

W. A. HUNTER.

STORM TOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..30,1905.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 1.

No. 810,151. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

w. A. HUNTER.

STORM TOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.30,1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. HUNTER, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

I STORM-TOP.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. HUNTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 119 South Third street, Terre Haute, Indi ana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-To'ps, of whichthe following is a specification.

' My invention relates to removable stormtops for vehicles.

One object of the invention is to provide a light, durable, andinexpensive top which may be readily applied to the vehicle in stormyweather and detached therefrom when the necessity for its use isremoved.

A further object is to provide a form of storm-top which will completelyinclose the occupants of the vehicle and in which while all points willbe positively storm-tight yet may be readily opened to permit entranceto and egress from the vehicle.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a single seat buggy-box with theinvention applied thereto. F ig. 2 is a perspective view with theremovable rail raised. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the front fastening.Fig. 4 is a detail view of the curtain-housing. Figs. 5, 6, and

7 are detail views.

Referring more'particularly to these figures, the ordinal 1 designatesthe body of a buggy, which is shown as representative ofany suitableuncovered vehicle to which the the storm-top is to be secured.

To the inside of the seat (indicated at 2) are secured strap or likeirons 3, which have outwardly or horizontally turned ends, forming lugs4, which are provided with holes to receive the downwardly-projectingbolt extensions 5 of a rail 6. These extensions 5 correspond in numberand location to the number of the lugs 4 and are threaded to receivenuts 7, whereby the rail may be securely clamped to the lugs 4, andconsequently to the bugg -seat.

The rail 6 prefera 1y corresponds in shape to the outer edge of the seatand is provided with a lurality of upwardly-extending lugs or mem ers 8,to which are secured the vertical members or standards 9, whichconstitute the frame of the storm-top, (indicated at 10.) The storm-tophas a forwardly-extending portion 11 projecting to or over thefrontpanel of the buggy-box and has a front frame member 12 secured atits upper end to the storm-top frame and at its lower end detach-Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March so, 1905.Serial No. 252,950.

Patented Jan. 16,1906.

ably connected to the front panel of the box or body by bolts, asindicated at 13, Fig. 3.

The front 12 is provided with a glass window 12 and opening for thereins, as shown at 17.

For closing the space at the sides I provide side curtains 16, which arewound under spring tension on vertical shafts or rollers 15, disposedwithin the corner frame members 14. The curtains maybe thus drawn acrossto close in the sides or released to permit entrance to and egressfrom-the buggy.

The tops of the curtains may be guided in grooves in the lower edges ofthe frame of the storm-top, but preferably overlap them on the inside,with the curtain-stick projecting up on the inside of the hood, asindicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1. At the lower end the curtain overlapsthe side panel of the box, but on the outside.

On the rear vertical or free edge of each curtain, which carries acurtain-stick, I secure a channeled strip 154, having a channel ofpreferably V shape, and each side post 19 has a correspondiiig-shapedfront edge which enters the channel and effects an absolutelystorm-proof joint. An opening or eye 18 in the strip receives a button19 on the post and holds the curtain closed.

I prefer toprovide the curtain 16 with an opening 16, to the edges ofwhich issecured a sheet of transparent flexible material, such ascelluloid. I may also substitute for the sash 12 a curtain having atransparent llexible pane therein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationwith a vehicle-body having a seat portion, of a rail of substantiallythe same sbapeas the edge of the seat portion, lugs on said seat portiondownwardly-extending projections on the rail detachably engaging withsaid lugs upwardlyextending projections on said rail and a rigidstorm-top frame having verti al members bolted to saidupwardly-extending projections.

2. The combination with a vehicle-body having a seat portion, a rail ofsubstantially the same shape as the edge of the seat portion, means fordetachabl y securing the rail to the seat portion, a storm-top havingits rear portion secured to said rail and having a depending frontportion, bolts connecting the bottom part of said depending portion tothe front of the vehicle-body. vertical rollers cal- REISSUED ried bysaid depending portion, said rollers being under spring tension and sidecurtains carried by said rollers.

3. The combination with a vehicle-body, of a storm-top and front carriedthereby, springactuated side curtains for the sides of said top and astrip carried at the edge of each curtain interlocking with a partcarried by the storm-top, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a vehicle-body, of a storm-topand front carriedthereby, springactuated side curtains for the sides of said top,

and a V-shaped strip carried at the edge of each curtain designed toreceive the correspondingl -shaped'frame member, substantlally asescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. HUNTER. Witnesses? WILLIAM A. ELLIOTT, JAMES H. KLEISER. I

